DT 6 / 2017

A new facility aimed at supporting efforts to prevent and respond to crises around the world could well be the first step in militarising EU development policy, the Finnish MEP Heidi Hautala (Green) writes. Several EU member states are pushing for the Instrument contributing to Stabilisation and Peace (IcSP) to be financed out of the Commission’s development budget.

The number of fraud cases reported by multilateral organisations to Denmark remains low, but the Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen is working to include “stronger language” in agreements with UN agencies.